Reveal Week 10 _ for Upload _ the Pharisee and Tax Collector

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LUKE 18:9-17

To some who were confident of their ownrighteousness and looked down on

everybody else, Jesus told this parable:

“Two men went up to the temple to pray,one a Pharisee and the other a tax

collector.

The Pharisee stood up and prayed abouthimself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not

like other men—robbers, evildoers,

adulterers—or even like this tax collector.



LUKE 18:9-17

I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all Iget.’

“But the tax collector stood at a distance.

He would not even look up to heaven,

but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have

mercy on me, a sinner.’

“I tell you that this man, rather than the

other, went home justified before God.



The Pharisees belonged to the Jewish

religious elite. They thought their own

goodness was so impressive that it couldnot fail to make them acceptable to God.

They held rigorously to the ceremonies and

traditions of the law, making a public showof their religiosity, all to be seen by other

men, many of whom they despised as being

beneath them.



The Pharisee in the story is the epitome of

one who is self-justifying. The Phariseessincerely believed in their righteousness

that they attained by keeping the law….

failing to understand the grace of God .



Tax collectors, because of their association

with the hated Romans, were seen as

traitors to Israel and were loathed andtreated as outcasts.

They were wealthy because of their

positions from the taxes they collectedkeeping a hefty share of the collections for

themselves.



In this parable the tax collector knew he

was a sinner, and it is from this admissionthat he prayed to God.



The Pharisee assumed the typical posture

of prayer, indicating that he may have stood

as close as possible to the Most Holy Place,establishing his right to draw near the

presence of God.

The Pharisee had this sense of entitlementbecause he considered himself righteous

enough for God’s attention.



Notice that his prayer contains no

confession. He does not ask his sins to be

forgiven, perhaps because he believes hehas no sins to confess or ask forgiveness

for.

Nor is there any word of praise or thanksgiving to God. His prayer is all about

him. Even the thanks he does offer is

designed to exalt himself and place himself

above others whom he treats with disdain.He has judged others as unworthy and

himself as justified. He declares his own

efforts at fasting and tithing as justifying

himself before God.



Going to the temple to pray

with the condition of his heart

as it was, he might as well

have stayed home. Such a

“prayer” is not heard by God.



Unlike the Pharisee, who stands boldly in

the temple reciting his prayers of

self-congratulation, the tax collector stood

“afar off” or “at a distance,” perhaps in an

outer room, but certainly far from the

Pharisee who would have been offended by

the nearness of this man.







LUKE 11:39 ff

Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, youPharisees clean the outside of the cup and

dish, but inside you are full of greed and

wickedness.

You foolish people!“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give

God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other

kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect

justice and the love of God. You should

have practiced the latter without leaving

the former undone.



“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love

the most important seats in the

synagogues and greetings in the

marketplaces.

“Woe to you, because you are like

unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.”

One of the experts in the law answered him,

“Teacher, when you say these things, youinsult us also.”





When Jesus left there, the Pharisees and

the teachers of the law began to oppose

him fiercely and to besiege him with

questions, waiting to catch him in

something he might say.



A He pictured them as debtors too

bankrupt to pay what they owed God

(Luke 7:40-50), guests fighting for thebest seats (Luke 14:7-14), and sons

proud of their obedience but

unconcerned about the needs of others (Luke 15:25-32).

The sad thing is that the Pharisees

were COMPLETELYDELUDED and thought they

were right and Jesus was wrong.



This is illustrated in this parable. The

Pharisee was deluded about prayer,

for he prayed with himself and toldGod (and anybody else listening)

how good he was.

WARNING: HOW YOU

TREAT PRAYER and

PRAY, REVEALS YOUR CONDITION …



The Pharisees used prayer as a

means of getting public recognition

and not as a spiritual exercise toglorify God (Matthew 6:5; 23:14).



He was deluded about himself, for he

thought he was accepted by God

because of what he did or what hedid not do.



The Jews were required to fast

only once a year, on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29), but he

fasted twice a week.

He tithed everything that came

into his possession, even the tiny

herbs from his garden(Matthew 23:23).



He was deluded about the

publican who was also inthe temple praying.

The Pharisee thought that the publican

was a great sinner, but the publican

went home justified by God while the

proud Pharisee went home

only self-satisfied.



WARNING: HOW

YOU TREAT FASTING, TITHING

and SINNERS,REVEALS YOUR

CONDITION …

W AS IT AN ACT OF HUMILITY?



To be “justified” means to be

DECLARED righteous by God

on the

basis of the SACRIFICE of Jesus

Christ on the cross

(Romans 3:19-4:25).



The publican repeatedly

smote his breast, for he

knew where his greatestproblem was, and he

called to God for mercy.

The publican knew the

enormity of his sins,

but the Pharisee was

blissfully ignorant of

his own heart.



The Pharisee’s

pride condemned

him, but the publican’s

humble faith

saved him

(see Luke 14:11 andIsaiah 57:15).



It is the prodigal son andelder brother over again

(Luke 15:11ff).

In contrast to the proud

Pharisee are the children

who were brought to

Jesus (Luke 18:15-17).



If the proud Pharisee had

become like a child, he

too would have gonehome justified.

MAIN IDEA:

"p________________

must be in humility”

*DEDULED: mistaken;

decieved



MAIN IDEA:

“PRAYER mustbe in humility”



OUR PRAYINGreveals our condition



There is only one thing that

separates us from God and itis not our sin (this is a play on words).

It is our self righteousness.

Our self righteousness doesnot turn God from us but us

from God.



It is not my sin that moves meaway from God, it is my refusal

of grace both for myself and

for others.

And grace comes only to those

who are humble enough to

receive it.









"may we LOVE to PRAY

than to PREACH;may we LOVE to PRAY

than TEACH;

may we LOVE to PRAY

and make this our ONLY MINISTRY,

whereby all the rest

is just a fruit thereof"

-- MAMISOK ka lang QUOTES of JR



PRAY before PREACHING this SUNDAY;

PRAY before LEADING in Songs this

Weekend.

PRAY before SERVING others;

PRAY PRAY PRAY.









“Our Father Who art inheaven , Hal lowed be

Thy name.”



YAWEH - SHALOM

The One Who Gives PeaceEphesians 2:14



“Thy Kingdom come

Thy w i ll be done on earth

as it is in heaven”



Lets DECLARE the kingdom of

God and the will of God …

upon our SELVES!





upon our FAMILY!





upon our NATION!





upon our CHURCH!





upon the CITY





“And forgive us our debts,

as we also have fo rg iven

our debtors.”





“For Thine is the kingdom,

and the power,

and the g lory , fo rever. Amen.”



Monday CINEPLEX Araneta 6pm

Tuesday HLM PARK YX 5pm

Wednesday HLM PARK 5am -- UNITED HOUSE of PRAYER

Thursday HLM PARK UNWIND 6pm

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